Definition of Plectognath

1. Noun. Tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines.


Definition of Plectognath

1. a. Of or pertaining to the Plectognathi.

Definition of Plectognath

1. Noun. Any fish of the order ''Tetraodontiformes''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Plectognath

1. Of or pertaining to the Plectognathi. One of the Plectognathi. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plectognath

plebiscitums
plebs
plebvision
plec-tognathous
pleck
pleckstrin
pleco
pleconaril
plecopteran
plecopterans
plecos
plectasin
plectics
plectile
plectin
plectognath (current term)
plectognath fish
plectognathi
plectognaths
plectoneme
plectonemic
plectospondyli
plectospondylous
plectostele
plectosteles
plectostelic
plectra
plectranthus
plectre
plectres

Literary usage of Plectognath

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New International Encyclopædiaby Daniel Colt Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby by Daniel Colt Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"1028 ENGRAVINGS PHILADELPHIA ............ 4 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ........ 24 PIGEONS ............. jgO PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS plectognath FIS ..."

2. The New International Encyclopædiaby Daniel Colt Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby by Daniel Colt Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"1028 ENGRAVINGS PHILADELPHIA ............ 4 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ........ 24 PIGEONS ............. jgO PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS plectognath FIS ..."

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